We've got rid of our 4-goal-hero, andy carroll, who was only going play a bit part this year
We've got rid of jay spearing who only played last year because of lucas's injury
We've got rid of charlie adam-our 2nd poorest player last year
We've got rid of Bellamy, maxi & kuyt-3 ageing bit part players
We've got aquilani off the wage bill
We've signed joe allen
We've signed nuri sahin
We"ve signed borini
We've sgned assaidi
We've signed yesil
Are we really any worse off than last season? I know it's disappointing not to be involved on deadline day but we screwed that up big time under dalglish. All in all, i think our squad is in better shape than last year and we should be positive. Yes, we have fewer players, but some of those who have gone wouldn't have been part of the 1st team squad this year anyway.